Experience land based living as a homesteader in the 1900s an hour’s drive east of Regina. The fertile land of the Qu’Appelle region was an intersection for many different peoples, including First Nations, Métis, and the waves of new Canadian immigrants. Faites l’expérience de la vie sur la terre comme un homesteader dans les années 1900, à une heure de route à l’est de Regina. Les terres fertiles de la région de Qu’Appelle étaient un carrefour pour de nombreux peuples différents, notamment les Premières Nations, les Métis et les vagues de nouveaux immigrants canadiens. Source: Parks Canada Website (2022)

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The contents of brochures can be viewed by clicking on the cover. These items are historical in scope and are intended for educational purposes only; they are not meant as an aid for travel planning.

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Discovery Booklet Date Unknown		Livret découverte Date Unknown
Visitor Guide to The Stone House 1993		Maison de pierre Guide du visiteur 1993

Management Plan / Plan directeur (Parks Canada, 2011)

State of the Site Report / Rapport sur l'état du lieu (Parks Canada, c2009)

A Materials History of the Motherwell Home Manuscript Report Number/Travail inédit numéro 320 (Sarah Carter, Parks Canada, 1979)

A Review of the Motherwell Homestead National Historic Site, Abernethy, Saskatchewan (Bruce Dawson, extract from Saskatchewan History, Vol. 60 No. 2, Fall 2008, ©Saskatchewan Archives Board)

Agriculture on the Prairies, 1870-1940 History and Archaeology/Histoire et archéologie 65 (David Spector, Parks Canada, 1983)
     Animal Husbandry on the Canadian Prairies, 1880-1925
     Field Agriculture on the Canadian Prairies, 1870-1940
     W.R. Motherwell's Farming Operations

Farmers "making good" : the development of Abernethy District, Saskatchewan, 1880-1920 / Les fermiers "font fortune" : l'évolution économique et sociale du district d'Abernethy, Saskatchewan de 1880 à 1920 Studies in Archaeology, Architecture, and History/Études en archéologie, architecture et histoire (Lyle Dick, Parks Canada, 1989)

Field Agriculture in the Canadian Prairie West 1870-1940, with emphasis on the period 1870-1920 Manuscript Report/Travail Inédit No. 205 (David, Spector, 1977)

Heritage Character Statements / Énoncés de valeur patrimoniale, Motherwell Homestead National Historic Site

Motherwell Barn / Grange-étable Motherwell (FHBRO No. 88-14, July 4, 1996, Canadian Register of Historic Places)

Motherwell House / Maison Motherwell (FHBRO No. 88-14, July 4, 1996, Canadian Register of Historic Places)

Lanark Place, Abernethy, Saskatchewan; Structural History Manuscript Report Number/Travail inédit numéro 164 (William Naftel, Parks Canada, 1969)

Lanark Place: Memories of an Ontarian West, Motherwell Homestead National Historic Park (Rob Gillespie and Lyle Dick, Parks Canada, 1983)

Methods of Soil Cultivation Underlying Successful Grain Growing in the Province of Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture Bulletin No. 21 (W.R. Motherwell, 1910)

Motherwell Historic Park History and Archaeology 66 (Parks Canada, 1983)
     Motherwell Historic Park: Structural and Use History of the Landscape and Outbuildings (Ian Clarke)
     W.R. Motherwell's Stone House: A Structural History (Lyle Dick)
     A Materials History of the Motherwell Home (Sarah Carter)

Parc historique Motherwell Histoire et archéologie 66 (Parcs Canada, 1983)
     Parc historique Motherwell: Histoire des bâtiments de la ferme, de leur rôle et de l'aménagement du paysage (Ian Clarke)
     La maison de pierre de W.R. Motherwell: histoire d'un bâtiment (Lyle Dick)
     Histoire matérielle de la maison de Motherwell (Sarah Carter)

Motherwell Historic Park Landscape and Outbuildings Structural and Use History, Final Report Manuscript Report Number/Travail inédit numéro 219 (Ian Clarke, Parks Canada, 1977)

Motherwell Homestead: Archaeological Feature Report Manuscript Report Number/Travail inédit numéro 276 (Gary Adams, Susan Glover and Mark Warrack, Parks Canada, 1978)

The Motherwell Farmstead, Artifact Distribution Analysis Manuscript Report Number/Travail inédit numéro 275 (Gary Adams, Parks Canada, 1978)

The Social and Economic History of the Abernethy District, Saskatchewan, 1880-1920. Bibliography, Historiography and Methodology Manuscript Report Number/Travail inédit numéro 320 (Lyle Dick, Parks Canada, 1979)

W. R. Motherwell and Agricultural Development in Saskatchewan, 1905-1918 (©Allan Reman Turner, Master's Thesis University of Saskatchewan, March 1958)

W.R. Motherwell and Agricultural Education, 1905-1918 (Allan R. Turner, extract from Saskatchewan History, Vol. 12 No. 3, Autumn 1959, ©Saskatchewan Archives Board)

W.R. Motherwell and the Dry Farming Congress in Canada (R. Bruce Shepard, extract from Saskatchewan History, Vol. 49 No. 2, Fall 1997, ©Saskatchewan Archives Board)

W.R. Motherwell: The Emergence of a Farm Leader (Allan R. Turner, extract from Saskatchewan History, Vol. 11 No. 3, Autumn 1958, ©Saskatchewan Archives Board)

The following visual bibliography is just a sampling of the books which have been published for this park. ParksCanadaHistory.com does not endorse these, but are merely presenting them for informational purposes only. As most are copyrighted, we are only able to provide the covers, and not contents, of these publications.

Lanark Place: Memories of an Ontarian West, Motherwell Homestead National Historic Park Rob Gillespie and Lyle Dick 1983

Farmers "making good": the development of Abernethy District, Saskatchewan, 1880-1920 Lyle Dick 1989

Les fermiers «font fortune» : l'évolution économique et sociale du district d'Abernethy, Saskatchewan de 1880 à 1920 Lyle Dick 1989

cover only Farmers "Making Good": The Development of Abernethy District, Saskatchewan, 1880-1920 Lyle Dick 2008